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Public Auditorium
GAZETTE'
PUBLISHED WEEKLY AND DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF MORROW COUNTY
VOL. 80, NO. 81.
HEPIWEIt, OREGON, THVHS1MY, OCTOBER 80, 1019.
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PORTLAND
Frank Monahan $10.00
IJohn Healy 10.00
ijohn Kilkenny 25.00
B. P. Doherty S.00
Mike Doherty 25.00
Pcto O'Neil , 25.00
John O'Rourke 60.00
I Hugh O'Kourke 60.00 1
Eanion Io Vnlera Will Be Greeted
By Sons of Erin. Local Men
Give to Reception Fund.
Ireland's right to free and Inde
pendent nationhood will be voiced by
the chosen president ot the Irish Re
public, Eamon de Valera, in Portland
municipal Auditorium Saturday even
ing, November 15. The Oregon state
de Valera reception comni.ttee has
opened headquarters in room 204,
Imperial Hotel, Portland. Arrange
ments are being made from this cen
ter to givo II r. do Valera an enthu
siastic welcome upon his arrival.
Many of the principal streets will be
decorated in honor of the visit of the
Irish executive, and a representative
parade will cover the down town dis
trict. For this purpose tuuds are
needed from friends of Ireland's
cause and are being promptly ac
knowledged. Thomas Mannix is
chairman of the reception committee
and .Miss Kathleen O'Urennan secre
tary. Mr. de Valera is a man of magnet
ic personality, an eloquent speaker,
a mathmatieian who has been honor
ed by Dublin university and otne.
institutions of higher learning, and u
linguist who is master of half a doz
en different languages. Ho is that
rare combination of scholar, practical
statesman and devoted patriot, whose
presentation of the justice of Ire
land's cause to the citizens of 0.3gon
on November 15 Is looked forward to
with eagerness. A largo deputation
Is expected to go from this commui -Ity,
and If enough names are for
warded to tho committee head
quarters In Portland, a special train
will be scheduled.
Accompanying Mr. de Valera will
be Frank P. Walsh, chairman of tin
Amerlccan commission on Irish inde
pendence and former chairman ;f rht
national war labor board, of which
former president William II. Taft was
a member.
President do Valera Is makini; one
of the longest speaking t.iur ever
undertaken In this country. He open
ed In Philadelphia October 1 with an
address In Independence Hall, and is
scheduled to give his last address in
his swing around the circle in Nor
folk, Va. December 18.
Primarily the purposes of the tour
are to appeal to Americans for recog
nition of the Irish. Republic and to
lay the foundation for the J 10, 000,
000 Irish Republican loan drive,
which will later be inaugurated under
the auspices of tho American com
mission on Irish Independence.
Mr. do Valera expects to speak In
virtually every Important city In the
country. He comes to Portland on
November 14 from Seattle and Ta
coma. After remaining In this city
two days he leaves for a big meeting
In San Francisco. Besides the Audi
torium meeting, arrangements are
being made for a banquet and a pub
lic reception.
Other members of tho do Valera
party besides Frank P. Walsh arc
Henry J. Roland, member of Dail
Elreann ( Irish parliament), who Is
secretary of tho Sinn Fein organiza
tion, and Sean Nunan, do Valera'f
private secretary. Roth these men,
as well as dcValera fought as repub
llcans In tho Easter week revolution
of 1916, and since then have spent
most of their time In British prisons
Nunan was in the company command
ed by Patrick Pearse, first presidonl
of the Irish republic. It hold the
general postofflce of Dublin against
the British forces for eight days.
Iloland was among those sentenced
to death by British, court-martial
his sentence was afterward commut
ed to llfo Imprisonment and later his
release was effected.
He and a companion succeeded last
January in effecting tho escape of
President do Valera from Lincoln
prison, England.
Last year when the Sinn Foin or
ganization was again rounded up,
Roland successfully avoided tho vig
ilance of the British police and mili
tary In Ireland, all the while living
there and actively directing the Sinn
Felnn movement. Ho was the direc
tor of tho election campaign las!
November and Docembor, which re
siitnd in a victory for the Sinn Foin
and tho eloction of 73 Sinn Fein par
liamentary candidates by the votes of
three fourths of the Irish pooplo, men
ond women.
A citizen committee Is being or
ganized to receive Presldont de Va
lera upon Ills arrival In Portland.
Decorations displaying the Stars and
Slrines nnd the flag of tho Irish Re
public will adorn many well known
business houses.
The contributors from Heppnor to
tho reception fund Includo:
Rev. T. J. Cantwell $ 26.00
F. A. McMenamin .10.00
John McNamce 10.00
Pat Ward... 10.00
John McNcrney 6.00
John ,F. Kenny 6.00
James J. Doherty 5.00
James Mollahnn 10. On
Pat Mollahan- 6.00
Pat Ilenly 10.00
Pat Conncll 20,00
Fetor Farley 10.00
The Ladies Guild Entertains.
The Ladies Guild held their so
cial meeting in the Odd Fellows Hall
on Thursday , Oct. 23. Hostesses
were Mrs. M. D. Clark; Mrs. J. W.
Beymer, Mrs. Chester Darbee and
Mrs. D. M. Ward. Those present
were Mesdames S. W. Spencer, J. F.
Lucas, W. R. Irwin, A. L. Ayers, J. O.
Hager, Roy T. Cochran, Earle Gil
liam, Pliill Cohn, 8. E. Van Vactor,
Joseph Nys, F. A. McMenamin, S. A.
Pattlsnn, L. E. Bisbee, Clyde Wells,
W. A. Wilcox, Hanson Hughes, B. F.
Butler, P. A. Anderson, J. F. Vaughn,
C. C. Chick, Charles Vaughn, R. J.
Vaughan, H. C. Bean, Dean T. Good
nun, C. L. Sweek, E. M. Hulden, Fred
Case, Chester Darbee, D. M. Ward,
J. W. Beymer, M. D. Clarkjtf iss Mary
Farnsworth, Miss Nora Hughes. Mrs.
Guy Boyer called during the after
noon. Dainty refreshments, sugges
tive of Hallow'ccn, were served.
High honors went to Mrs. Hanson
Hughes and Mrs. Fred Case.
Canipflic Girls Met.
The Campflre Girls had a cere
monial meeting at the home of Miss
Mary Clark on Friday evening. After
the usual procedure, light refresh
ments were served and everyone en
Joyed a good time. Those present
besides the hostess were Misses Wil
letta Barratt, Ruth Tash, Ethel Mike
sell, Florence Cason, Margaret Wood
son, Evelyn Humphreys, Velnia Hall,
lteinice S.gsbee, Elizabeth Huston,
Olive Botcn, Francis Parker, Retha
Owens, and Miss Belle Slate.
The Campfirc Girls have been or
ganized for about a year under the
guardianship of Miss Slate. Owing
to the flu vacation they were unable
to carry out their program last year,
but they are going to do more than
aver this year to make up for It.
Mup'.c Circle Elects Officers.
At the regular meeting of Maple
Circle No. 259, Neighbors of Wood
craft last Monday evening1 the fol
lowing officers were elected:
Past Guardian Neighbor, Nora
Moore; Guardian Neighbor, Frankie
Luper; Advisor, Kate Swlndig;
Clerk, Rosa Richardson; Banker,
Cora Crawford; Magician, Glen Cul
,ck; Attendant, Margaret Cox; In
ler Sentinel, Polly Church; Outer
Sentinel, Luella McCarty; Captain
if the Guards, Lulu Handy; Musi
cian, Irene Johnson; Managers.
Elsie Stevenson, Polly Church and
uella McCarty; Installing Officer,
liisie Stevenson. Installation of
iffirers will take place on Jan. 12,
1920.
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BOABDMAN JERSEY
IE BIG SUCCESS
North Morrow Farmers Bur Regis
tered and High Grade Cows.
I Local Bank Assists in Bring
I leg In the Stock.
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IN MEMORIAL CAMPAIGN ARE VOTED 230 T0 16
JOE BATTY ADDS TO HIS
EIGHT MILE HOLDINGS
Up until last Saturday Joe Batty
owned one good ranch on Eight Mile,
.s'ow he owns two. He closed a deal
ast week with Ray Young whereby
he becomes the owner of the J. S.
Young ranch of 1000 acres. Mr.
Young is busy at the present time
Mauling hia wheat, but expects to lo
cato on another ranch.
Morrow county is lagging far be
hind the other counties of the state
in raising her quota for the Roosevelt
Memorial Fund. Three hundred dol
lars is Morrow's share of tribute to
the great American, but today a lit
tle more than one hundred dollars
have been received by Chairman j-
A. McMenamin. The greater part of
this amount, nearly all of it in fact,
has come out of Heppner. The stud
ents of the high Bchool solicited cine
evening for a few hours and turned
in nearly eighty dollars.
Only one school In the county h is
reported. That honor goes to Mrs.
Carrie Becket and her pupils Ir. the
Eight Mile school. It Is expected thpt
other schools will make an qup.l!y
good showing within the next few
days.
There Is no question about Morrow
county raising her quota, according
to chairman McMenamin, although
he is of the opinion that every citizen
should come promptly to the realiza
tion of what Theodore Roosevelt's
Americanism has meant for this coun
try, and show proper appreciation,
however small the donation may be.
Heppner will have water. That
was definitely decided by an ovr
whelming vote last Saturday, when
230 citizens cast their ballot favoring
a bonding issue. There were oppos
ed to the issue, 16.
The voting started at 8 o'clock in
the morning and the polls were open
until S o'clock in the evening. John
Hughes and W. G. McCarty wi-.rn
judges and Mrs. Anna Spencer, Mrs.
Hanson Hughes and D. W. Boitnott,
clerks of the election board.
This means that work will soon
start on a gravity water system for
the city, the city taking over the plant
of the Heppner Light & Water Com
pany. Engineers of the firm of
Burns & McDonald, who have been
here going over the final surveys,
have returned to Kansas City to work
out tho details of the final plans.
Mrs. C. R. Feldman of lone was
calling in Heppner today and left her
order for The Gazette-Times. The
Feldmans are new people In Morrow
county, having formerly lived in Cali
fornia. They are located on the old
Seymour Wilson place near lone.
Ralph Johnson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Johnson, is here on a brief
visit, accompanied by his youngest
ion. Mr. Johnson Is on his way to
his home In Walla Walla after mak
ing a business trip to Salem. The
house with which Mr. Johnson is con
nected In Walla Walla Is opening up
a branch house In Salem and Mr.
Johnson will move to the Oregon cap
itol to take charge,
Dr. McMurdb and W. W. Smead re
turned the last of the week from
ihelr hunting trip, the doctor bolng
successful in bagging a fine buck.
Mr. Smead returned to the timber
Wednesday In company with C. L.
Keithly, to try his luck.
Otto Robinett 'Is snld to be the
champion deer slayer of this neck o'
,ho foods. He is well acquainted
with the mountains and took a party
it Heppner nimrods out over the hills
'ho other day. As a result they re
turned with venison. F. R. Brown,
Leo Hill nnd Mr. Ovlatt were In the
party.
E. L. Kirk, who recently moved to
Pendleton, whore ho purchased prop
erty, has sold his town holdings there
to Mr. nnd Mrs. George W. Swaggart
of this city. Mr. Kirk is now on a
deal for the purchase of some Uma
tilla county farm land.
H. B. Lambly, traveling represen
tative In this tcritory for the Oood
year Tire & Rubbor Company, Is call
ing on Heppnor merchants today.
The Cohn-McRoberts Auto Garage I James Austen arrived the first of
is undergoing some interior changes the week from Prineville and will or
this week. Harry Johnson Is con- ganlze a band here. Mr. Austen in
structing some new stock and supply ready has several members In a class
rooms for the company. , which he will instruct.
Jess Hall, who recently moved with
Mrs. Hall to Hermlston, arrived In
Hoppner Wednesday to Bpend a few
days on busines. j
Barney F. Doherty, Sand Hollow
sheepman, Is a business visitor In
Heppner today.
R. D. Allstott, Rhea creek sheep
man, has sold his lambs and bought
2000 head of ewes.
Walter S. Smith, realty man of
lone, was a visitor here today,
THE NEW COP ON THE BEAT
fj fST
j The coming dairy center of the
Northwest received a good boost on
Its way this week when a sale of reg
istered and grade Jersey cows was
held at Boardman on Monday.
j The sale was well attended, all of
the cows brought better than list
prices and as a result, farmers from
Irrigon and Boardman have some of
. the best blooded Jersey stock in the
state. The cows were brought here
from the Willamette Valley last week
by County Agent Hunt, Fred Reiks
' of Irrigon and F. Mulkey of Board-
. man, through the cooperation and
assistance of the First National Bank
j of Heppner.
j The sale on Monday was in charge
of Brown & McMenamin and the First
National Bank. Following are the
: sales made:
j Registered Jerseys Carnation
j Wild Rose of Oregonjrom J. W. Ex-
on, 1230 to C. C. Paine; Carnation
I Verna of Oregon from J. W. Exon to
J. W. Craig. $185; Miss Gertis An-
gelo from John Yoder to J. R. John
son, $185; Fernas Lodema from John
Yoder to J. W. Craig, $195; from N.
H. Smith Winona Spotsie Figgis to
I. Skoubo, $330; from N. H. Smith,
Blusters Lady Jane to F. Reiks,
$385; from N. H. Smith, Lauras
Adelia to F. Reiks, $385; from Sam
Weiss, Goldies Elkhorn Price, to Ver
non. Jones, $270; from Sam Weiss,
Lacerole Belle, to J. W. Craig, $180;
from B. C. Altman, Fussy Fern.'
Ladybug, to F. Reiks, $500; from
Sam Wiess, Jully Niobe, to J. R.
Johnson, $400;- from B. C. Altman,
Eurybia Golden Delight, to Vercoi
Jones, $300; from B. C. Altman,
Irenes Princess Jacoba, to Leslie
Packard; from B. C. Altman, Daffo
dil of Oak Lane, to C. C. Paine, $175;
from B. C. Altman, Eclipse of Oak
Lane, to H. B. Howard, $300.
Grade Jerseys T. E. . Hendricks,
$90; Ed Hall. $155; J. W. Craig,
$135; Leslie Packard, $260; J. W.
Craig, $96; J. W. Craig, $145; G. B.
Cummins, $65; J. R. Johnson, $170;
W. W. Bechdolt. $140; J. W. Craig,
$170; Wm. Brown, $135; E. K. Mul
key, $160; Mr. Kirtchner, $105; J.
W. Craig, $140.
Attending the sale from Heppner
were John Wightman, L. A. Hunt, S.
A. Pattison, W. Claude Cox, W. P.
Mahoney, F. R. Brown and F. A. McMenamin.
HI SCHOOL NOTES FIRST PRESIDENTIAL
IS
CANDIDATE
The Philomath ian Literary Society
has been practicing for the past
week on a good lively play, to be
given November 7th at 7:30 p. m.
If you have any ailment or trouble Mllcs iolndetcr Wash-
come ana see Dr. cure-AU. iii
Ington Will Seek G. O. P. Xomi.
nation Announces Attitude
Upon Vital Questions
of the Day.
you follow his advice you will soon
be cured. A small admission fee of
10 cents will be charged. We expect
a good atendance at our first literary
program.
The Patron-Teachers 'Association
mt last Friday afternoon at 3:30, in
the High School Auditorium for the
purpose of electing officers. The fol
lowing were elected:
President, Mrs. C. E. Woodson;
Vice President, Mrs. F. W. Turner;
Secretary, Mrs. A. M. Phelps; Treas
urer, Mrs. W. B. Barratt.
The next meeting will be a social
meeting. It will be held November
28th at the High School. All parents
are cordially invited to be present.
Watch the papers for the program.
The High School has been doing Its
bit by canvassing the town for money
for the Rosevelt Memorial. The
amount collected for the fund was tne iaw jn his person and property;
'9-0. tue safeguarding of the general wel-
I fare of our people by keeping the
LEXINGTON" HIGH SCHOOL NOTES ' government at all times under their
The students of the Lexington on control, both as against any
high school recently organized a! special class at home, and as against
Student Body Association and are ; any foreign power or combination of
prepared for a busy year. The fol-1 powers; and the active use by the
lowing officers were elected: Earl government, in the sphere of its ac
Ward, president; Opal Leach, sec- tion, of the full powers of the nation
retary and Gladystine Davis, treasur- to protect every citizen, of whatever
er. A new constitution and by-laws station he may be, both at home or
were drawn up and adopted at the in a foreign land, or on the sea, from
last meeting. I unlawful injury to his person or li:
Another presidential election will
soon be with us. Miles Poindexter,
United States Senator from the state
ot Washington, is the first avowed
candidate of any party to announce
his intention of going after the toga
which Woodrow Wilson has been
wearing the past several years. Mr.
Poindexter will seek the Republican
nomination to the highest office in the
land.
In his opening statement Senator
Poindexter says: "This government
was founded on the principles that no
special class should control. The
absolute security of every man under
The attendance has been almost
perfect and our number is growing..
All the students are well pleased with '
their teachers and are getting along
nicely. I
property by any individual or special
class, or by any foreign power."
The Washington senator, in his
statement of policy, denounces
threats of labor leaders to tie up the
railroads as "government by terror
We are glad to report that our f0r a special class," and declares that
former teacher, Miss Urton of Cali- the government must be made sup-
fomia will be back with us the first reme to both capital and labor,
of next month. She has been cou- thougH insisting that the just claims
fined to the hospital since August as 0f labor should be recognized.
Communism, Senator Poindexter
declared, is inconsistent with the ves-
a result of a serious accident.
The Thespian Club is busy arrang-
g for the first program, which is ted rights of the labarer to his wages
to be given soon.
Poet's Ancestors Were Among
Earliest American Settlers
ELKS HAVE CHARGE OF
ARMISTICE DAY DANCE
The Heppner Lodge of Elks have
taken charge ot the Armistice Day
dance, which will be held on the eve
ning of November 11 at the Fair Pa
vilion. The dancing will be free to
all ex-service men, including soldiers,
sailors and marines.
Governor Olcott has proclaimed
Armistice Day in Oregon a legal holiday.
Treating of international matters, the
platform remarks that "the process
ot making a 'supreme sacrifice' of
America and of 'joining our fortunes
with fortunes of men everywhere'
should be stopped."
In making his statement of prin-
Tuomas Murray Silencer, poet, or- ciples, Senator Poindexter asserted
ator and traveling man, is a combiu that his announcement ot policy
iation of Scotch, Irish and English, makes It necesary for the republican
' t'hn first f..i--ii,,f rxt Cnanna.i niMinna noHnnfll rnni'Cntinn In 1Q9ft In st.mrl
to America landed at East Haddain, by his platform should he be chosen
Connecticut in 1623. They d.d not as the party's standard bearer,
come over in the Mayflower, but, as
Mr. Spencer says, "they had a boat
of their own."
It was not long until the Spencer
family was overcome with the do
sire ot branching out in their land
holdings, so they bought tiie Mo
hawk valley in New York state from
the Indians. Mr. Spencer's one big
regret now is that his ancestors per
mitted the land to get away trum
them. It would be worth millions to
day. Mr. Spencer is the only business
man in his family in two hundred
FOR SMUT PREVENTION
Blue Stone Method is Better, Says
H. P. Barss of O. A. C.
Herbert Driskell, local carpenter,
has been confined to his home the
past few days with an attack ot la
grippe.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Sperry have
returned from a trip to Portland.
Mrs. Sperry's health is but little improved.
Chas. H. Latourell returned last
week from Corbett, where he had
gone to look after his potato crop.
Mr. Latourell says he is expecting the
arrival of a shipment of new Fords
within the next few days.
Ed Winters has sold his Interest
in the Heppner Delivery Company to
Phlll Jones, who has become associat
ed in the business with Jeff Beymer.
We understand Mr. Winters is going
on to a farm near Hardman.
3eo. Milholland, local agent for the
Standard Oil and W. L. McCaleb,
county road master, left Wednesday
for the mountains on a deer hunt.
They went over into the Ditch creek
country.
Andrew Patterson has opened up
an automobile repair shop in the
Martin Reid building on lower Main
street and is enjoying a nice patron
age. Besides the repair work, ho
handles a couple of tire agencies.
Farmers should think twice before
mixing sulphur with seed at the time
years, a number of the family being of planting to prevent smut In grain,
prominent jurists in New York state, i believes H. P. Barss, professor of
However, he is getting back into the ' botany and plant pathology at the
professional class rapidly, as his poet-j Agricultural College. A California'
ry is being recognized throughout the j sulphur company Is urging use of sui
country. Pliur for this purpose asserting that
It's some American family, as Is'" nas evidence of its effectiveness,
shown by a bit of history which Sulphur as a means of smut con
brings to light the fact that Thomas trol has not been given experimental
Murray Spencer's great grandfather trials in Oregon or ia any part of the
fought in the Revolutionary war and northwest in the knowledge of Prot
was present at Burgoyne's surrender, essor Barss. In most cases the treat
His grandfather fought in the Mexi- ment would be a failure in Oregon,
can war and both Mr. Spencer and although It might prove a success in
his father participated in the Civil certain parts of California, he thinks.
War. Growers ure warned against coming
Mr. Spencer travels for the well to the conclusion that because in
known firm of Mason Ehrman Com- some instances this method seems to
pany of Portland and spent last Sat-, have produced favorable results in
urday in Heppner. He sells more ci-. California the treatment would be a
gars, probably, than any other man 1 success in Oregon.
Nothing is more reliable than the
old blue stone method followed by
the lime bath for control of wheat
lone Red Cross Elects. smut," says Professor Barss. "Es-
The lone auxiliary of the Morrow pecially as the cool weather appru-
Oounty Red Cross Chapter have elect- aches this method should take prece-
ed the following new officers: Mrs. dence over the formaldehyde method
Laxton McMurray, chairman; Mrs. because ot definite knowledge that
Bert Mason, vice-chairman; F. L. formaldehyde is not quite so effective
Christensen, treasurer; Margaret in cold as in warm weather and also
Jones-, secretary, and Ike Howard, results in a tendency on the part of
on the road in this territory, in spite
of his 72 years.
director.
seedlings to be somewhat weaker
when conditions for prompt germina
tion do not exist.
"Blue stone alone is not recom
mended as it produces serious germi
nation Injury unless followed by
lime bath. With this, however, tiie
Operation Was Success.
Mrs. Tom Boyd, who recently re
turned to her home here after spend
ing the summer months in the mid
die West, underwent a successful op
jeration at Mayo .Brothers hospital at method is satisfactory. The presence
I Rochester for the removal of a coitro. of a slight blue stone deposit on tiii
XOTICE OK Aff.M'AL MEETING. ' n was a m.ist kelicate operation, but grains seems to protect against at
Notice Is hereby given to all mem- the only means of permanent relief, tack of soil fungi which sometimes
bers of the Morrow County Red Cross so she returns home in good health, late in the season aro active in cauv
Chapter that the annual election of and high spirits. j ing the seeds to rot in the so:! wiu-.-o
said Chapter will be held on Tuesday 'germination is slow."
evening Nov. 4, 1919 in the council Frank Mover left this morning fori
chambers in the Roberts building. AH his home ut Merrill, Oregon, utter j Mrs. Delia Hallock and son Sidney,
members are requested and urged to spending several days here looking accompanied by Mrs. Haliock's nuu li
ne present to participate in the elec- after business interests. Mr. Moyer er, Mrs. E. Minor, arrived Monday
tion and such other business as may
come before the meeting,
Dated this 29th day of Octobo
1919. MRS. ANNA SPENCER,
President,
By MARY FARNS WORTH,
Secretary.
I r. just closing up a deal whereby he
transfers his farm property to U. M.
ilulden. Mr, Hulden took an opiion
on tuo Moyer ranch early in the sum-
i mer. It is one of the best ranches iu
j'lie Black Horse section.
Two furnished apartments
rent. Phone Main 7S2.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Anderson of
for Eight Mile were Heppner visitors on
Wednesday.
from Portland to make a visit with
Heppner relatives and friends. S.d
ney spent the past two years In the
United States Navy and saw consid
erable service in tho Asiatics.
For Rent Room with bath, suit
able for ludy. Can bo arranged Tir
housekeeping. lmiuiro at Gazette
Times office.